Fiat Adria
Registered from 2015 to 2020.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2019 2.3 diesel. 11 of 207 tests failed, 5%.
Better than 87% of 2019 cars. The typical one fails 9%, across 908 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 45% | 5 |
| Visibility | 36% | 4 |
| Seat belts and airbags | 18% | 2 |
| Brakes | 9% | 1 |
| Steering | 9% | 1 |
| Tyres and wheels | 9% | 1 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A service brake control has insufficient reserve travel
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- A tyre seriously damaged
Where it stands out against its peers
- Lights and electrics: failed more often than 96% of 2019 cars — 45% of its 11 failed tests, where an ordinary 2019 car has 13%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 9% of its failures
- A service brake control has insufficient reserve travel
- Steering — 9% of its failures
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Tyres and wheels — 9% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Lights and electrics — 45% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 36% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Seat belts and airbags — 18% of its failures